call me maybe

[from_scratch]

Cam is out flying. There's a decent cloud of atmosphere around the gold plane, now, millenia of demons making air around themselves for comfort and not sealing it up because why would you bother. There's a small forest, here - the effect is kind of ruined by the lamps it has to grow under, but it's still pretty.

He feels an open summons and lets it grab him -

with the Joker (kappa)

with Ripper (kappa)

with Darren (Aestrix)

with Minus (kappa)

with Emma (Marri)

with Facility 3141592 (armokGoB)

with the admin (kappa)

with Jarvis (kappa, Aestrix)

with Miles (kappa)

with Hank (Nemo)

Comments

[from_scratch]

Cam looks at the Joker.

[manofmyword]

"Well, not until this Bane thing is settled," he says. "And then - maybe, maybe not."

[from_scratch]

"If you want to see which kinda wings your future neighbors have you don't need me to do it."

[manofmyword]

"Believe me, I know," he says. "It's the game."

[from_scratch]

"Does it make any difference that I don't think it sounds fun and would rather be giving nice presents to the impoverished rather than worrying about you trying to provoke me?"

[manofmyword]

"Some."

[allthebrightest]

"Well, this conversation just got way less cute," remarks Tony. She looks over the pile of things Cam made to verify that it contains all of the things.

[from_scratch]

It does.

[allthebrightest]

"Yeah, I think I'd like to take my stuff and go. No offense to you guys and your murder conversation."

[mylegalname]

"None taken," John says dryly.

So he just... concentrates on her going away...?

[from_scratch]

That's how that works.

Cam is looking peeved at the Joker.

[allthebrightest]

And poof goes Tony, with all her stuff.

[manofmyword]

[mylegalname]

And now he can turn his attention back to the murder conversation.

"Are you really that deprived of entertainment?" he asks the Joker.

[manofmyword]

"Mm, you got a point there, Johnny." He flicks a glance at Cam. "No promises, though."

[mylegalname]

"Oh, come on," John groans. "Are you really so married to your principles that you're gonna make me translate everything you say because you can't come down to our level and talk normal person English for five minutes?"

[manofmyword]

He shrugs.

[mylegalname]

John turns to Cam. "Do you want me to explain him?"

[from_scratch]

"Could be useful."

[mylegalname]

"Fine. Okay. So our friend here," he gestures at the Joker, "has some kind of philosophical objection to promises. As far as I can tell, he just doesn't make them, and if he does, he's probably lying about something. Or kidding, for his very special definition of kidding. But if he goes as far as to actually say 'no promises', that means he would be promising something, if it wasn't against his quirky cynical self-obsessed religion. It's sort of the closest you're gonna get."

[from_scratch]

"So, 'no promises' means 'insert counterfactual promise here'."

[mylegalname]

"Yeah. Except when it doesn't. But this time it did."

[from_scratch]

"How did you learn to interpret this, exactly?"

[mylegalname]

"I've been getting a lot of experience this past week."

[manofmyword]

"And you're naturally talented," the Joker chirps.